A determination unit that determines whether a driver of a vehicle is dozing or looking away based on a state of the driver, a smart contact lens worn on an eyeball of the driver, and a display control unit that causes the smart contact lens to display a warning when the determination unit determines that the driver is dozing or looking away are provided.
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2. The vehicle warning system according to claim 1, further comprising a camera that is able to capture an image of a face of the driver, wherein when the determination unit determines that eyelids of the driver are closed for a certain period of time or longer based on captured image data of the camera, the determination unit determines that the driver is dozing.
4. The vehicle warning system according to claim 1, further comprising a camera that is able to capture an image of a face of the driver, wherein the determination unit determines that the driver is looking away when the determination unit determines that the driver is looking in a direction different from a predetermined direction for a certain period of time or longer based on captured image data of the camera.
6. The vehicle warning system according to claim 1, wherein when the determination unit determines that the vehicle is in a travelable state and the driver is dozing or looking away, the display control unit causes the smart contact lens to display the warning.
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